Men wanted for Gold Shop homicide arrested

NEWPORT NEWS – Two men wanted for the killing of an employee of the Gold Shop in Portsmouth last month have been arrested in Newport News.

Montarius Naqwan Murry, 19 of Neville Street in Portsmouth and Kevin Stevens, Jr., 19, of Grove Street, Portsmouth were indicted by a grand jury Thursday, each on one count of first degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony over the killing of Robert V. Nelson.

Shortly after their pictures were shown by the media on Thursday afternoon, tips started coming in that they had been seen in Newport News, said Jan Westerbeck of Portsmouth police, prompting a joint police operation that led to them being picked up later in the day.

"Based on information received, Portsmouth police detectives contacted the Newport News Police Department Fugitive Apprehension Unit. With the assistance of the US Marshalls Capital Area Regional Task Force, both suspects were arrested without incident in the 100 block of Tyler Avenue, Newport News," Westerbeck said late Thursday.

Nelson, 51 of Chumley Avenue in Portsmouth, was found lying dead with gunshot wounds in the Gold Shop on Portsmouth Boulevard at 1:58 p.m. on Oct. 6.

Witnesses had seen two men leaving the Gold Shop on foot, running south at about 1 p.m.